4K TVs will be the big story in 2015

The consumer technology landscape didn’t change much this year, and 2015 promises to be similarly lackluster, with few, if any, major product breakthroughs and incremental advances in mobile phones, tablets, laptop computers and wearable tech like smart watches and fitness bands.

Next year will see the mainstreaming of 4K TV, which offers four times the resolution of 1080p, the current standard for HDTV.

Vizio recently introduced a line of 4K TVs starting at less than $1,000, and by the end of 2015, the market should be replete with affordable 4K sets from all major brands.

Sales of 4K TVs, will, in turn, put pressure on broadcast and cable networks to finally increase the resolution of their programs.

[...] streaming services like Amazon and Netflix offer lots of 1080p stuff, and even selected programming in 4K.

The networks haven’t moved to 1080p because, except on a really big screen, it’s hard to tell the difference between 720p and 1080p.

[...] 4K offers a much better picture than 720p, and unless the networks increase their resolution to at least 1080p, users will have yet another reason to shun traditional TV in favor of online streaming.

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Press the TV button at the top of the remote, then press the TV/VCR button near the bottom (it also has a tiny “Input” label above it).